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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8901: Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships

Heading 8901 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 89, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

8901Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods

Place in the nomenclature: 89 Ships, boats and floating structures > 8901

Subheadings (6 digits)
4
CN codes (8 digits)
8

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8901

  • 8901 10Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds
    • 8901 10 10 Seagoing
    • 8901 10 90 Other
  • 8901 20Tankers
    • 8901 20 10 Seagoing
    • 8901 20 90 Other
  • 8901 30Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading 890120

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Refrigerated vessels (excl. tankers)

    • 8901 30 10 Seagoing
    • 8901 30 90 Other
  • 8901 90Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Vessels for the transport of goods and vessels for the transport of both persons and goods (excl. refrigerated vessels, tankers, ferry-boats and vessels principally designed for the transport of persons)

    • 8901 90 10 Seagoing
    • 8901 90 90 Other

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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Source

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.